Best plays, highlights by top college football recruits this week
Before they take the field as college football players on Saturdays, some of the top recruits in the 2023 and 2024 ESPN 300 are playing underneath the lights on weeknights.
The highly decorated duo committed to the USC Trojans, quarterback Malachi Nelson (No. 1 overall, No. 1 QB-PP) and wide receiver Makai Lemon (No. 19 overall, No. 2 WR), left with injuries during Los Alamitos High School’s (California) 49-14 victory over Corona Del Mar High School (California) on Thursday.
But Nelson did throw this touchdown pass before leaving the game in the third quarter.
Here’s how some of the nation’s other top recruits looked this week.
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Aggie ambush
Despite his team’s loss Thursday, Paetow High School (Texas) defensive tackle David Hicks Jr. displayed some of the force he’ll be bringing to College Station next fall for Texas A&M.
.@AggieFootball commit @DJ2g23 in on play for @PaetowFootball @abc13houston #jeeez #txhsfb pic.twitter.com/aLPOysTITu
— Joe Gleason (@joeagleason) October 6, 2022
YEESH! @DJ2g23 with the punishing boom on Seth Davis for a tackle for loss. Hicks has been one of the few bright spots for Paetow tonight. #txhsfb @PaetowFootball @PaetowAthletics @KatyISDAthletic @KPRC2RandyMc pic.twitter.com/vYyS1tKPF9
— Dennis Silva II (@densilva02) October 7, 2022
Hicks, the 17th-best prospect in the 2023 class and the third-best defensive tackle in ESPN’s rankings, had 26 tackles (eight solo), four sacks and eight TFLs through his first four games for Paetow High School.
A year after finishing atop ESPN’s team rankings, Texas A&M’s 2023 class is currently ranked 17th.
Baxter breaks free
Running back Cedric Baxter Jr. is one of the offensive crown jewels of Texas’ recruiting class for 2023, which sits fourth in ESPN’s rankings.
During Edgewater High School’s (Florida) 40-0 victory over Timber Creek High School on Thursday, Baxter (No. 58 overall, No. 4 RB) got loose repeatedly.
Cedric Baxter Jr. with a big run to setup an Edgewater TD!
RB1 in the 2023 class! #HookEm
Source : espn
